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openSUSE Leap 42.3: Moderate Security Update for BouncyCastle Code Issue

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Calendar Grey August 3, 2018
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System patch for bouncycastle counters CVE-2018-1000613 within openSUSE distributions to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for bouncycastle fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

- CVE-2018-1000613: Fix use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select

Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection') (boo#1100694).

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate code issue openSUSE bouncycastle

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-794=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (noarch):

bouncycastle-1.60-23.7.1

bouncycastle-javadoc-1.60-23.7.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1000613.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1100694

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:2180-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3

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Topics Covered

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